KoryMiller340

I posted another Rinseless wash topic last winter, but just wanted to follow up with another. It rained here on Saturday, and was cold enough to snow flurry and put a slight coating down on Sunday (Christmas Eve), which meant that PennDot was out salting the roads much to my dismay. Anyways, I brought the dart into the garage this evening and used the rinseless wash on it, I took some before and after pics on the drivers side of the car as the lighting is a little better on that side of the garage. For anyone contemplating whether to use it or not with some salt on the car, I'm hoping this helps make the decision a little easier, I looked very closely and don't see any scratches, swirls, etc. NOTE: My car was prepped for winter back in mid October (wash, clay, paint sealant, wheels sealed, etc.) so the car is usually in pretty good shape, but I just wanted to put this out there as a heads up, basically, I was starting with a "dirty" car in my opinion, but even when my cars are dirty in my opinion, most people think they look pretty good, so I had a pretty good slate to start with. I started by jacking up the passenger side of the car, and sprayed some waterless wash in the wheel wells as they just had some salt crust in there and I didn't want to use any all purpose cleaner or anything without being able to rinse it out, plus I have a gallon of it, and I don't use it a whole lot so I figured it'd work well enough for the wheel wells. After that I used detail spray on the wheels, and then invisible under carriage spray on the wheel wells, and tire shine on the tires, I then did the same process on the driver side. I then filled one bucket with a grit guard and warm water about 1/2 to 3/4 full and another bucket with grit guard about 1/2 full with warm water and a few ounces of Rinseless wash. I also had a small 4 oz spray bottle that I put roughly one ounce or so of rinseless wash in and filled the rest of the way with water to use as a pre-soak. I worked my way from the roof to the bottom of the car, first by spraying the panel I was working on with the pre-soak and then I used the method shown in the Adams Rinseless Wash video where you slowly turn your hand as you wipe to reveal a new clean section of the towel. I used 4 double soft towels for the rinseless wash, I reused them over and over throughout the process, but I was very careful to clean the towels against the grit guards each and every time before re-using it. I ended up using 2 double soft towels to dry the car as my first one got a little saturated about 3/4 of the way through the car. I did use detail spray while drying as well. I did also dump my "clean" water after doing half of the car, probably not necessary, but just something else I decided to do. Hope this helps, I'm really happy with the results!

Samuel, Thank you for the compliment, I'd love to see pictures of the Jaguar if you've got before / afters.

My grandma recently (September) purchased a new car, a 2017 Chevy Cruze Hatchback. I told her when she bought it that I would detail it for her before winter, the one thing I've learned is that Grandma's don't forget haha! I went and picked it up from her on Sunday and brought it back to her today. I just wanted to share a few before and after pics along with making some mention as to the products I used for the detail. I definitely didn't take enough before pictures, but that always seems to be the case........ Products Used: Adam's All Purpose Cleaner - Used for wheels, tires, and inner fenders (Also used Adam's Wheel Brush and Adam's Tire Brush) Adam's Strip Wash - Probably overkill for a car that had never been washed or waxed before, but I wanted to start with a clean slate. Adam's Clay Bar - All painted surfaces, and front windshield Adam's VRT - Tires, plastic trim, engine compartment, grille Adam's In & Out Spray - Engine Compartment and Grille Adam's Invisible Under Carriage Spray - Inner Fenders Adam's Paint Sealant - All Painted Surfaces Adam's Detail Spray (during the drying process, during the clay bar process, and used on the touch screen on the interior to prevent / cut down on smudges) Adam's Glass Cleaner Adam's Glass Sealant - Front Windshield Adam's Brilliant Glaze - Inside and outside of all glass (done after glass sealant on front windshield) Adam's Interior Detailer Adam's Leather Conditioner - Console Adam's Odor Neutralizer Plenty of microfiber towels and applicator pads

Hi, I recently made a post here where I was showing a before / after photo of a scratch that I removed from my wife's car with the swirl killer, but it left me wondering "Am I using this thing correctly?" I've looked through some of the forums, and even on the Adams site as well as YouTube and I can't find a good instructional how to video on using the swirl killer, so I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction. Like many others, I started with a Porter Cable, I liked the results but hated the vibration, and how my arms felt after using it for hours, so I stepped up to the swirl killer last year. My first use I thought went well until I burned up a brand new pad, after speaking with the Adams team, we determined that I was probably using a combination of too much pressure (being used to the Porter Cable) and too much polish and that caused the pad to heat up and start tearing apart. I've gone to less pressure now, and I've also tried to cut back on the amount of polish I use as well and I feel like I might be getting the hang of it, but sometimes I almost feel like I'm not using enough pressure or maybe I'm moving too fast or trying to cover too much of an area at a time. Like I said, I did have good results last week when I used it on my wife's car, but again, I want to be more confident in this thing and really not hesitate when I want to go and use it. If you've got tips, or a step 1, step 2, etc. or a short video how to would be awesome! Thanks everyone!!!

Just wanted to share my most recent experience with the swirl killer (I have the 15mm) that uses the 5.5 inch pads. Anyways, my wife came home yesterday and pointed out a pretty nasty scratch that happened sometime yesterday at work. Someone clearly opened something into or got something against her quarter panel. Anyways, I took one before and one after photo, sorry for the poor lighting, I did the best I could with the lighting in my garage. Needless to say, after about 30-35 min. of the swirl killer with the orange correcting polish, the orange foam pad and the microfiber pad, I am very impressed with the results!!

I'm sure there's a better spot for this, but...... Does anyone have any of the Adams golf balls? They aren't available on the site anymore, and while this may seem kind of trivial, just looking to buy one. I'll buy the entire three pack if necessary, but looking to add one to my golf ball case, not looking to buy it to actually play with it. If anyone has one, let me know, PM me, email me, etc. Thank you!!

So..... I just had this issue last weekend! My wife's car had been in the shop for a warranty repair (hood started to rust due to a poor spot weld from the factory). Anyways, we got the car back and the temperature hadn't been warm enough to wash it, and get some type of protection on it. Last weekend, I made up my mind I was going to get this done no matter what. So I get up early Sunday morning and head to the coin op car wash. I took some all purpose cleaner along with me, and my wheel and tire brushes. I start to spray the all purpose cleaner on the wheels / tires, and it instantly turns to a sludge / icy mixture. So, I stick the coins in the machine and start to pre-rinse. As I'm doing this, the car is freezing instantly, looking like an icicle. I now realize I've entered the point of no return, so I continue with the soap, the rinse, etc. Each stage, it seems as though it is progressively getting worse. I finally finish up and head home (about 2 miles). I get out of the car, and again, it just looks like a huge icicle. I realize that I can't just let this go, and it's too cold and frozen to have anything left on the car to dry. I pull the car in the garage which is insulated and has drywall. I take two space heaters out there with me and crank them up. After about 30 minutes, I start making progress and get the car to where the ice is starting to melt. At that point, I was able to rinseless wash it and get it cleaned up, at the end, I clayed and liquid paint sealed the newly painted hood so that is ready to go back to battle with winter weather. Long story short, it was 8 degrees out, and I thought too that the heated water at the car wash was not susceptible to freezing, however, I was quickly proven wrong. I will now pay a little more attention, and try not to create additional work for myself the next time. I feel like it was basically $9 wasted at the car wash, however, I did get the larger crud off of the car which in turn probably made rinseless washing much easier (and safer) in the end.

Thanks for the comments guys! It has now been a few days and after getting some time to inspect the car a little more thoroughly in the daylight, I can confirm that I have no introduced any additional scratches / swirls in the paint using the method I described. The stuff definitely works, and I will be doing this more in the future. I do plan to pick up some more quality microfibers, I think more so for the fact that I have my car and my wife's car and I'd like to have a set for each car, so that I can do them both in the same week or whatever. That being said, I just need to pick up an empty spray bottle somewhere, and I plan to add the diluted pre-soak Rinseless wash as well to my process. I don't feel like I used a whole lot of the product either, which is always good! If anyone has any additional questions, I'd be glad to help out. So far, very happy with the results, and of course, most importantly... the guys at work are jealous of the cleanest car in the lot. But... they are kind of used to it because I've been an Adams user for about 8-10 years now.

All, I just wanted to share my experience with the Rinseless wash. As the title suggests, I just finished using it for the first time last night. I have a 2016 Dodge Dart which I recently sealed with Adams Paint Sealant, in preparation for the winter months ahead. With that being said, I just wanted to share my brief experience with the rinseless wash. I followed the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7dG0k0Aq-Q and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKoV4olQEsI and added my own adaptation. I own approximately 5 of the double soft towels. I used all 5 of them on the dart. I ended up doing this: 1 - bucket with 2-3 gallons of warm water and a few squirts (1-2 oz, maybe a little more) of Rinseless wash 1 - bucket with 2-3 gallons of warm water and a grit guard 3 - double soft towels, submerged in rinseless wash 2 - double soft towels that I used for drying I ended up reusing the three towels over the entire car. I know this might surprise or shock some, but I was very careful to follow the directions in the first video (wiping and gently turning the towel upwards so that a clean section of the towel was always making contact with the panel). You get about 8 different clean sides per towel each time you use it, so rather than getting about 10-15 towels out, I would just use all 8 sides of my towel, stick it in the clean bucket with the grit guard and go to town on cleaning it thoroughly and ringing it out. I would then stick it back into the rotation with the other towels in the rinseless wash bucket. As for drying, I took the clean double softs, and sprayed detail spray over the panel I would be drying, that way I was adding some lubricity as well as some shine while drying the car. I did this in my garage, and it took me about 2 hours or so (from start to finish including prepping the buckets). From what I can see, I did not introduce any swirls or scratches into the paint, and I'm very happy with this product thus far. I just wanted to share my experience, maybe see what others thought. It does take some getting used to, but I'm hoping this will be a good product to use during the winter here. Please share your thoughts, ideas, comments, etc.

Awesome tips! I think i'm going to get some of this and give it a shot. I think I'll follow what @TSKANOLAN said about going to the coin op, blasting the worst of it off, then finishing in the garage. My wife gets compliments on her car all of the time at work because of how clean it is, several co-workers thought it was brand new and were shocked to find out that it is a 4 year old car, guess I've been doing something right, I have to continue this addiction!! Thanks!

I agree with the original poster. I've noticed these benefits as well, car is definitely staying cleaner than usual in less than ideal conditions. Even when I wash it, or when it gets rained on, the water seems to sheet off of the car, almost like what happens to the rain on the windows when applying the glass sealant. It's pretty awesome stuff, I only bought a 16 oz. bottle to start with, but I think I'll be buying the larger jug sooner rather than later

So...... unfortunately, I live in Pennsylvania and that crappy season (Winter) is right around the corner. I saw the rinseless wash on the site and was thinking about trying it. There isn't a video (at least not that I could easily find on the site, haven't checked youtube) for usage. I do have access to Coin-Op car washes, but was thinking / hoping to use this for the two daily drivers during the winter, i.e. after the salt is on the roads, after snow, etc. Both cars have had Adams products since new, and I've actually just gotten a coat of wax on them for the winter, planning to H20 G&G during my last actual 2 bucket wash before it gets too cold out. Is this an unrealistic expectation? How do you guys use it? Been using Adams products for years, I've been a fan and customer of his ever since I met him at Carlisle close to 10 years ago

All, I know it is a bit off topic, however I wasn't sure where else to post it. Just wondering how the rest of you store your microfiber towels when they are not in use? I purchased these bins at Wal-Mart, they are stackable, however, at roughly $25 / piece they can get pricey and I figured there might be a better way or idea out there? I'm definitely open to suggestions. Thanks! Kory